Re: Doctors leaving delivery rooms over malpractice insurance costs

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Wed Apr 14 18:35:57 2004


In a message dated 4/14/04 10:52:26, geraldpr@cybermesa.com writes:

> I'm likely more obtuse than most on the list, but I must admit that I don't
> understand your comment--is it tongue-in-cheek, or is it that you believe
> there "If all the mothers delivered at home," there would not be much
> difference in morbidity/mortality rates for moms and babies??  Draw me a picture...
>

I was being somewhat TIC, but the comparison is apt.

In the law, often you calculate damages by subtracting one scenario from the other. For example, if someone wrongfully evicts you from a leased apartment, the damages are the rent you're paying now, plus the moving expenses, MINUS the rent you paid before you were kicked out. The baseline is - what your condition was BEFORE the damages.

SO in this case, to decide how much OB-GYNs are worth (and hospitals and modern L&D), you have to start with the default standard - delivery at home. The contrast is what the OB-GYN is "worth" if he's run out of business.

Joe P.





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